Nell

[nel]

noun

1. a female given name, form of Helen.

Example Sentences

“It’s too late for keeping secrets, Nell! As if these three cubs didn’t know how stirred up the moon can make a person feel. Wild and lonesome inside, and restless as the wind, till the only thing to do is throw back your head and let loose. Ahwoooooo!”

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Writer Nell Frizzell knows this all too well - after 10 years with her partner and two young children, she admits she doesn't have as much time or energy for her husband as she once did.

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Historian Nell Painter remarked in 2011, “Being white these days isn’t what it used to be.”

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"Mostly, I felt deflated," Nell says of her reaction to seeing the changes, having planned to apply for next year's programme.

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As the daughter of a nurse, the virtues of public service were something Nell Ashworth grew up with.

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